Craven Week 2013: Golden Lions team & Academy Week team
The Golden Lions under-18 teams have the usual Monnas flavour about them. 15 out of 44 come from the Krugersdorp school, with 9 of those picks being Craven Week players. Jeppe picked up a decent reward for their above average season to date with 8 players. Florida have had two relatively weak 1st XV’s in a row now but still managed to be well represented again this year with 8 players as well.…
Wynland Skole vs Southern Suburbs Schools 2009-2013
UPDATED. Here compliments of BHP is a factual analysis table of the results achieved by the four Wynland Skole namely Boland Landbou (BL), Paarl Gymnasium (Gim), Paul Roos (PRG) and Paarl Boys High (HJS) in their matches against the four Cape Town Southern Suburbs schools of Bishops, Rondebosch, SACS and Wynberg. It goes so way to explaining why the Wynland boys seem to dominate WP age-group team selections every season.…
Would the real KZN Tier-1 No.1 please stand up!
Updated. Time is running out to determine the KZN Tier -1 no.1 team for 2013. Matters have not been helped by bad weather and disagreements…
Craven Week 2013: Free State team almost finalised
Free State are in the process of finalising their Craven Week team. They named a fairly predictable blend of 13 Grey College and 9 HTS Louis Botha players for a trial match against the Griffons. The squad is very much along the lines of the quota system in place for Craven Week which stipulates that each team must have a minimum of 9 Previously Disadvantaged Individuals (PDI) in their squad of 22 with no fewer than 5 required to be in the starting line-up and on the field at all times. …
BHP Top 50 – week ending 01 June 2013
With the school rugby season now past halfway point, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to rank teams, especially those in the teens and upwards. Fortunately the BHP ranking system is formula driven, meaning that it does not rely on human guesswork. …
IRB Junior World Championships 2013
The IRB Junior World Championships for under-20’s being in France today. Although the South African Baby Bokke have an easy first assignment against the USA, they are in the pool of death along with France and England.…
Wynberg’s account of the Paarl Gim incident
This report is based on Wynberg eye-witness accounts as received from players and parents at the match. …
Cape Schools Week 2013
Updated. Fixtures finalised.
Cape Schools Week takes place at Paarl Gymnasium between Friday, 21 June and Wednesday, 26 June.…
Craven Week 2013: Day 1 & Day 2 fixtures
The Craven Week match-day 1 and 2 fixtures are not quite what the doctor ordered. It was anticipated that the Bulls and Western Province would be kept apart, to set up the potential unofficial final that viewers were robbed of in 2012. …
Springbok squad analysis by school 2013
Initial research by Djou. A look at the players’ schools, franchises, movements, Craven Week and SA Schools history.…
Hilton beats Maritzburg College 38-22
Hilton beat Maritzburg College 38-22 in an entertaining match played on Gilfillan. Right from the start both teams set out to play positive rugby resulting in 70-minutes worth of action. Although Hilton took the lead in the third minute and never looked back, the result was really only secured by the home team in the last five or so minutes when they scored 10 unanswered points. Up until then College were still in with a shout.…
Golden Lions join Craven Week selection circus
During their TV coverage of the Premier Interschools match between Monument and Glenwood today, the commentators made several references to 8 Monnas players being chosen for Craven Week, while a further 5 were included the Academy Week team. Furthermore the commentary team seem to know who the selected players were by name. It all seemed plausible right up until the end of the production when Defender (read player) of the Match, Monnas’ no.8 Wiehan Jacobs was asked a question related to his selection for Craven Week. Jacobs quickly replied along the lines that he was still hoping to be selected and that the Golden Lions Craven Week team had not been announce yet.…
Glenwood’s Corné the Ver-marquee player
Glenwood takes on the Monument Witbulle in a Premier Interschools game this afternoon. The match will be shown on a delayed broadcast at 21:30 on Supersport 1 tonight. One of the players well worth keeping an eye on is Glenwood fullback Corné Vermaak. Vermaak is in outstanding form at the moment. With each passing game he looks to have peaked but then seems to set the bar a little higher with his next outing. …
Results – week ending 01 June 2013
| SCHOOL | SCHOOL | NOTES | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 16 | 26 | Sarel Cilliers | ||
| Glenwood | 20 | 26 | Monument | Glenwood Old Boys Day. Premier Interschools – on TV | |
| Westville | 21 | 17 | Michaelhouse | Westville Old Boys Day | |
| Hilton | 38 | 22 | M. College | ||
| Kearsney | 76 | 6 | DHS | ||
| St Charles | 29 | 24 | Northwood | St Charles Old Boys Day | |
| Empangeni | 19 | 36 | George Campbell | ||
| Framesby | 30 | 31 | Marlow | ||
| Dale | 3 | 38 | Grey HS | ||
| Queens | 30 | 19 | St Andrews | ||
| Otto du Plessis | 17 | 73 | Die Brandwag | ||
| Muir | 22 | 29 | Nico Malan | ||
| Boland Landbou | 10 | 0 | Bishops | ||
| Langenhoven Gim | 9 | 71 | Outeniqua | ||
| Drostdy | 27 | 27 | Tygerberg | ||
| Paarl BH | 29 | 5 | SACS | ||
| Paarl Gim | 40 | 3 | Wynberg | ||
| Rondebosch | 5 | 10 | Paul Roos | u16 game bound to draw much interest | |
| Stellenberg | 6 | 15 | Hugenote | ||
| Kingswood | 47 | 3 | Stirling | ||
| Jeppe | 88 | 0 | St Albans | ||
| St Johns | 18 | 17 | Marais Viljoen | ||
| Pretoria BH | 17 | 17 | KES | ||
| St Stithians | 20 | 10 | Parktown | ||
| St Benedicts | 75 | 12 | Sutherland | ||
| Centurion | 60 | 11 | John Vorster | Beeld | |
| Garsfontein | 40 | 37 | Eldoraigne | Beeld | |
| Wonderboom | 48 | 3 | Zwartkop | Beeld | |
| HTS Middelburg | 36 | 3 | HTS Witbank | Beeld | |
| Nelspruit | 18 | 11 | Middelburg | Beeld | |
| Kempton Park | 44 | 9 | Die Anker | Beeld | |
| EG Jansen | 94 | 0 | Jeugland | Beeld | |
| Transvalia | 40 | 19 | Vereeniging Gim | Beeld | |
| Florida | 52 | 6 | Noordheuwel | Beeld | |
| Ben Vorster | 31 | 3 | Pietersburg | Beeld. On TV | |
| Voortrekker (Beth) | 28 | 21 | AHS Kroonstad |
2 more Boishaai players in WP u18 team!
A few people might be unsure what to make of this but effectively two more Paarl Boys High players have been called up to replace injured Craven Week players JD Schickerling and Ryan Oosthuizen (both Paarl Gim). …
Ryan Oosthuizen injury another huge blow for WP u18
Ryan Oosthuizen, the highly rated Paarl Gymnasium player has been ruled out of Craven Week with an ankle ligament injury. The blonde centre has made a name for himself with standout attacking play that combines all the elements sort after for success at senior level. Oosthuizen is know for his x-factor ability to challenge defences with ball in hand or help beat them with accurate and at times visionary distribution skills. His game is build around good instantaneous decision-making. He is also a key component of the sound Gimmies defence that has suffocated many opponents this season.…
No dull moments in KZN under-16
The KZN under-16 season definitely hasn’t been short of highlights. There have been some interesting results, exciting games and even times when games in this lower age-group has threatened to steal the limelight away from the more predictable outcomes of 1st team rugby due to the evenness of the competition that exists in the under-16 Tier-1 league this season. Saturday should be no exception when Westville hosts Michaelhouse, Hilton takes on Maritzburg College and St Charles plays at home to Northwood. DHS has been a bit of the boil but their current group of under-16’s have beaten Kearsney at under-14 and under-15 levels. Glenwood has their work cut out against Monnas.…
Huge interest in WP under-16 games now
Ever since it became known that WP Grant Khomo Week selectors had turned a blind eye to Paul Roos Gim’s unbeatable under-16 team by selecting just one player for the squad of 22, it has sparked outrage throughout the region. As a result the level of interest in the age-group contest both locally and nationally has soared to new heights.…
Potential solution to u16 & u18 provincial selection problems
Given all the issues surrounding Craven Week and Grant Khomo selections that have surfaced in the last few days and which are basically a recurrence of the unsolved problems heard about every year, perhaps it’s time for high school rugby bodies around South Africa to address the manner in which they select players by coming up with a fresh new approach.…
SBR Combo Rankings – 25 May 2013
This school rugby ranking is a combination of 5 ranking systems used by other websites.…
Klofie Rohan Janse van Rensburg added to the Baby Bok mix
Waterkloof’s impressive 2011/12 centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg was arguably the best player at Craven Week in 2012. The solidly built SA Schools centre has been called up to replace Jan Serfontein (Grey College 2010/11) for the up and coming Junior World Championships in France starting in June.…
Injured JD Schickerling might miss Craven Week
It’s been reported that star Paarl Gymnasium, WP Schools and SA Schools 2012 lock JD Schickerling broke his arm during the match against Rondebosch and may have to miss Craven Week altogether.…